Next door bedroom.
A stack of old clothes is placed beside the table. Liu Miaozhi, under the dim candlelight, is sewing with needle and thread.
Yu’er sits opposite, resting her chin, and says, "Liu, if the clothes are torn, just replace them with new ones, why bother so much?"
Liu Miaozhi shakes her head and says, "It’s just a loose stitch, not unwearable. Now the entire Xu Family depends on you for support, and money doesn’t grow on trees, naturally we need to save a little."
Yu’er smiles and says, "I don’t have to serve guests with wines, I just occasionally play the zither, it’s quite relaxed. Besides, the silver note Mr. Chen left last time hasn’t been spent yet."
Upon hearing this, Liu Miaozhi’s actions pause slightly.
Then she puts down her work and raises her eyes to look at Yu’er, seriously saying, "So you think it’s only right for us to spend Mr. Chen’s money?"
"Isn’t it?" Yu’er tilts her head and replies.
In her eyes, she and Chen Mo have long been intertwined, inseparable.
As for such worldly possessions, she never minded them at all.
"Have you thought about why Mr. Chen is giving you silver?" Liu Miaozhi asks again.
Yu’er answers without hesitation, "Of course, it’s because he likes me~"
"Do you like him?"
"To death."
"And what have you done for him?"
"I..."
Yu’er is momentarily at a loss for words.
"True love is always a two-way street. You give me an inch, I’ll return a mile. Only if both are willing to sincerely give, can feelings last."
"But if only one is pouring their heart out while the other just accepts unquestioningly, is that love? That’s clearly charity."
Liu Miaozhi earnestly says, "There’s no such thing as love that comes without reason. Mr. Chen treats you well without expecting returns, that’s grace, not moral righteousness. You must balance the scales in your heart."
"No love without reason?"
Upon hearing this, Yu’er falls into contemplation.
Just when did she truly begin to like Mr. Chen?
Maybe it was when Chen Mo vented her anger by chopping Yan Linghu into a human stick; maybe when he returned from the Northern Border, gifting her the Spirit Fruit to help her ’come back to life’; or perhaps at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, where he dominated the scene, making her the top Oiran...
Thinking carefully, Chen Mo has done too much for her, yet she seems to have done little to help him...
Why does Chen Mo like her?
Yu’er feels her little brain is overworked, the CPU is about to fry.
Watching her bewildered look, Liu Miaozhi sighs softly.
The reason she’s saying this to Yu’er is not to sow discord, quite the opposite. No one hopes more than Liu Miaozhi for the two to last long, because now the entire Xu Family relies on Chen Mo.


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